Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07RABAT289
2007-02-12 14:57:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Rabat
Cable title:
MOROCCAN PRESS REPORTS: SECURITY LEADERS MEET,
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UNCLAS RABAT 000289
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PGOV MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCAN PRESS REPORTS: SECURITY LEADERS MEET,
TANGIER TERROR PLOT EXPOSED
UNCLAS RABAT 000289
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PGOV MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCAN PRESS REPORTS: SECURITY LEADERS MEET,
TANGIER TERROR PLOT EXPOSED
1. According to Moroccan Arabic dailies, Interior Minister
Chakib Benmoussa, Minister-Delegate Fouad Ali Himma,
Intelligence Directors Yassine Mansouri and Abdellatif
Hammouchi, and other senior police and security officials met
over the weekend of February 10 to discuss the creation of a
"national anti-terrorism plan" at the National Police Academy
in Kenitra, 50 km north of Rabat.
2. According to the reports, Benmoussa discussed the arrest
of a terrorist cell in Tangier which was planning to
perpetrate terrorist acts in the city. Among the reported
targets were two hotels, a major shopping center and key
local officials. Himma called for vigilance on the part of
all security officials and warned that Morocco is facing a
serious terrorist threat. A separate report said the targets
included Tangier's Jewish community, and stated that "huge
quantities of weapons and explosives were seized."
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Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website;
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat
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Bush
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PGOV MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCAN PRESS REPORTS: SECURITY LEADERS MEET,
TANGIER TERROR PLOT EXPOSED
1. According to Moroccan Arabic dailies, Interior Minister
Chakib Benmoussa, Minister-Delegate Fouad Ali Himma,
Intelligence Directors Yassine Mansouri and Abdellatif
Hammouchi, and other senior police and security officials met
over the weekend of February 10 to discuss the creation of a
"national anti-terrorism plan" at the National Police Academy
in Kenitra, 50 km north of Rabat.
2. According to the reports, Benmoussa discussed the arrest
of a terrorist cell in Tangier which was planning to
perpetrate terrorist acts in the city. Among the reported
targets were two hotels, a major shopping center and key
local officials. Himma called for vigilance on the part of
all security officials and warned that Morocco is facing a
serious terrorist threat. A separate report said the targets
included Tangier's Jewish community, and stated that "huge
quantities of weapons and explosives were seized."
******************************************
Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website;
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat
******************************************
Bush